Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fustat
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The Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fustat is a historic Jewish house of worship in Old Cairo, renowned as the site where the Cairo Geniza—a vast trove of medieval Jewish manuscripts—was discovered.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fustat canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T22684828 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fustat Context triple: [Documents of Jewish Sectaries, preservationContext, Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fustat]
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A.
Slat al-Fassiyin Synagogue
Slat al-Fassiyin Synagogue is a historic Jewish synagogue in the Mellah (Jewish quarter) of Fez, Morocco, notable as one of the city’s oldest and most important centers of Jewish worship.
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B.
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo is the principal seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope and a major spiritual and administrative center for Egypt’s Coptic Christian community.
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C.
All Saints’ Cathedral Cairo
All Saints’ Cathedral Cairo is an Anglican cathedral in Egypt’s capital, serving as a prominent center of worship and community life for Cairo’s Anglican and English-speaking Christian population.
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D.
El-Chodr Mosque
El-Chodr Mosque is a historic Islamic place of worship located in the city of Lod, Israel.
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E.
El Ghriba Synagogue
El Ghriba Synagogue is an ancient and historically significant Jewish synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, renowned as a major pilgrimage site and one of the oldest synagogues in Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fustat Target entity description: The Ben Ezra Synagogue in Fustat is a historic Jewish house of worship in Old Cairo, renowned as the site where the Cairo Geniza—a vast trove of medieval Jewish manuscripts—was discovered.
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A.
Slat al-Fassiyin Synagogue
Slat al-Fassiyin Synagogue is a historic Jewish synagogue in the Mellah (Jewish quarter) of Fez, Morocco, notable as one of the city’s oldest and most important centers of Jewish worship.
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B.
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo is the principal seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope and a major spiritual and administrative center for Egypt’s Coptic Christian community.
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C.
All Saints’ Cathedral Cairo
All Saints’ Cathedral Cairo is an Anglican cathedral in Egypt’s capital, serving as a prominent center of worship and community life for Cairo’s Anglican and English-speaking Christian population.
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D.
El-Chodr Mosque
El-Chodr Mosque is a historic Islamic place of worship located in the city of Lod, Israel.
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E.
El Ghriba Synagogue
El Ghriba Synagogue is an ancient and historically significant Jewish synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, renowned as a major pilgrimage site and one of the oldest synagogues in Africa.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.